Improvement in cuffs



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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN H. BUSS, OF BRUNSWICK, ASSIGNOR TO J. M. OORLISS St SON, OF TROY,NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CUFFS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,573, dated October14, 1879; application filed n April 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. BUss, of the town of Brunswick, in thecounty of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented a certain newand useful Improved Detachable Cuff, which is adapted to be worn byladies or gentlemen, and of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings. A

The principal object of this invention is to cheaply produce from piecesof linen or other suitable Woven fabric a very neat, strong, and durablecuff, having run and turned seams all around its edges without havingthe run-cuff turned right-side outthrough an opening in the front orback ofthe cuff; and to that end this invention consists of a cuffhaving three or more parts or pieces of Woven fabric run or stitchedtogether side to side, wrong-side out, entirely around along the outeredges of the cuff, except through at least one part or piece along oneedge, Where the other parts or pieces are run or stitched together,whereby that edge has an opening, through which the parts areturned`right side out, and which edge and opening are afterward coveredand concealed by another of the said parts or pieces being turned overthat edge and opening, substantially as hereinafter described.

In the aforesaid drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the parts of a cuffarranged side to side, wrong-side out, and run or stitched togetheraccording to this invention; Fig. 2, a transverse section of the same atthe line z e, and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section thereof at the line y y.Fig. eis a plan of the saine parts turned right-side out; Fig. 5, asection there of at the line .fr and Fig. 6 a section of the same at theline w fw. Fig. 7 is a plan of a nished cnftl made from the partsrepresented in the figures above named; Fig. 8, a section of the same atthe line v o, and Fig. 9 a section thereof at the line u u. Fig. 10 is aplan, on a smaller scale, of the parts of another cuff arrangedwrong-side out, and run or stitched together according to thisinvention; and Fig. 11 is a transverse section of the same at the line tt. Fig. 12 is a plan of the same parts turned right-side out, and Fig.13 a section thereof at the line s s. Fig. 14 is a plan of a finishedcuff made from the parts shown in Figs. 10 and 12, and Fig. 15 is asection of the same at the line T 1".

The sections are distorted in thickness to clearly show the constructionof the cuffs; and like parts are marked by like letters in the differentfigures.

Three parts or pieces of woven fabric, A, B, and O, or` theirequivalents, are essential to this improved cuff.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 and in Figs. 10 and 11, the part A extendsthroughout the cuff-blank, and is arranged wrong-side out, and issecured by a row of stitches, d, along all its edges to one or more ofthe other parts.

The part B is also arranged wrong-side out, and is secured to the part Aby the row of stitches d along all its edges, except along one edge, c,of the cuff-blank, whereby an openin g at f is left in that edge.

The part O is arranged wrong-side out between the parts A and B, and issecured by the row of stitches d to the part A along the edge e andalong the adjacent edges, but has its other edge, g, free.

The parts A, B, and C, when thus arranged Wrong-side out and securedtogether bya row of stitches, d, substantially as above specified andindicated by Figs. 1, 2, and 3, or 10 and 11, with or without additionalparts, are made into a cuff by iirst turning the parts right-side outthrough the opening at f in the edge e, and thereby bringing the severalparts into the respective positions represented -by Figs. 4, 5, and 6,or 12 and 13, and next turning the part O over the edge e and itsopening j', so as to thereby cover and conceal that edge and opening, asillustrated by Figs. 7, 8, and 9, or 14 and 15, and then secnrin g theparts firmly together by rows of stitches h and t'.

In Figs. 2, 5, and 8, an interlining, J, and an additional part, K,which are not necessary to this improved cuff, are shown combined withthe essential parts A, B, and C to make the cuff thicker throughout andits two lateral side portions of uniform thickness; and in carrying outthis invention, each of the parts A, B, and C, or their equivalents, isto consist of one layer, or of two or more layers, of woven fabric, asshall be desired.

In this improved cuff the part B can be of the same size as the part A,as iu Figs. 10 and 11; but to save fabric in the part B and tofacilitate the making of the enti', I commonly prefer to have the part Bsomewhat narrower than the part A, or recessed along the edge e, as inFigs. 1 and 4.

In case the part B is of the same size as the part A, the edge portion mof the part B is to be folded back, as in Figs. 10 and 11, while runningor stitching together the parts A and C along the edge e, and is to beafterward turned down upon the part A, as in Fig. 13.

When the part B is narrower than the part A, or is recessed along theedge c, as in Figs. 1 and 2, the parts C and Acan be freely sewedtogether along that edge without including the recessed edge portion mof the part B; and when the run-cuff is turned right-side out throughthe edge opening f and the part C folded over the edge e, the recessededge portion m of the part B can then extend into the folded edge ofthecuit', as indicated in Fig. 8, and be firmly fastened therein by the rowof stitches h along that edge.

The part C is to be of any suitable width suicient to cover and concealthe edge c and its openingf, and after being turned over that edge andopening, as in Figs. S and 15, is to extend over and cover or constituteany desired portion of, the face or back of the enti'.

By having the parts A, B, and G run or stitched together wrong-side outaround the outer edges ofthe enti', except through the part C along itsedge g, and through the part B along one edge e, where the other partsare run or stitched together, whereby an opening is left in that edge,and then turning the parts right-side out through that edge opening, andafterward turning the part C over that opening and edge, substantiallyas above described, I produce an improved cuff which has a run andturned seam along all its edges, however narrow be the closing part C,and which enti' is thus essentially ditferent from any heretofore madewith all the parts run or stitched together wrong-side out entirelyaround along all the outer edges, and then turned right-side out throughau opening in the outer face or back part, which. in that case, mustextend over the whole cuit' along all its edges to leave a run andturned seam all around the culi'.

This improved cui'is also essentially different from any culi' made asheretofore, with its parts run or stitched together wrong-side outentirely around along all its edges, except along one edge, where noneof the parts are run or stitched together, and all are left free, withan intervening edge opening, through which the parts are turnedright-side out, and which is afterward closed by folding inward andstitching together the edge portions of the parts along the opening, andthereby forming a gaping seam, which is entirely different from the runand turned seam in the other edges of' the cuil", and which requireswide and unsightly' folds of the parts to be turned in ,to prevent theseam from being torn or broken out in laundryiug the enti'. Thisimproved culi', having a run and turned seam along every part oftheouter edge of the cuff, is also essentially diiferent from a cuit'having a light center band4 and made, as heretofore, of a continuousback part, shorterutermediate sti`ening-layers,and front sections turnedover to the front, and a connecting center face-strip stitched to theinner edges ot' the intermediate and face sections, and turned over atthe ends upon the back of the culi', without any run and turned outeredge seam along the ends of the center face-strip.

What I claim as my invention is A cuff having the three parts A, B, andC, all secured together by a row of stitches, d, all around the cuff,excepting only the part B along the edge e, and the part C along itsedge g, and having the parts A and B turned over all the edges of thecuif except the edge e, and the part C turned over the latter edge,substantially as set forth.

I n testimony' whereof' I hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses this 12th day of April, 1879.

JOHN H. BUSS.

Witnesses:

OHARLEs M. RUTH, C. WARREN ScHERMERnoRN.

